European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Museum Marks snoopy s 40th birthday Page 8 the stars and stripes = Good Momma vol. 48. No. 282 wednesday january 24, 1990 so Daity and 3unclay d 86s3 a a very very tense Azerbaijan radio Moscow Kab say Region on Brink of chaos Moscow al1 extremists ambushed a military Convoy earning women and child run in a a Baijan. Killing two soldiers and a bystander official soviet Media said tuesday. The Kab said the Republic was on the Brink of chaos. Hope for an end to 10 Days of ethnic strife Between Armenia and a a Baijan surfaced monday when communist party and government officials from the republics agreed to try to end the fighting. But radio Moscow reported tuesday that the Situa Tion in Baku remained very very  la said the military commander of Var Hainan s capital of Baku vowed his troops were ready to Stop further attacks. Anti armenian riots and killings in Baku on Jan. 13 ignited ethnic warfare Between a Cuba Janis and armenians. Azerbaijanis have since threatened to secede from the soviet Union. Soviet troops smashed their Way into Baku on sat urday and soviet officials said the assault left s3 dead including i soldiers and members of their families. On monday. A cry Ijams marched through the Cas Pian sea port City of  million to mourn those killed in the soviet assault. Radio Moscow said Ami army and anti russian sentiments were being whipped up by irresponsible people sending threatening unsigned letters and making Anonymous phone Calls. Suspicious Baku residents also prevented two ships carrying the families of soldiers stationed in the area from leaving the port. Foreign ministry spokesman Gennady i. Gerasimov said tuesday in Moscow. He said a Crha Janis suspected that bodies of people killed in the assault on Baku were being smuggled out. Soe chaos on Back Page Powell vows to avoid hollow army despite lesser soviet threat Washington Al the soviet threat is declining out America should beware of dropping its defences so Low that it has a hollow  the top . Military officer said monday. Although the soviets retain a significant military capability the political likelihood of them using that capability against us or our allies in Europe is less than n has been in  said Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Not Only is the soviet Union Chang ing but its Warsaw pact allies Are also forming Independent ideas of their de sense needs. Powell said making his first Public remarks since attending last week s meeting in Vienna of military chiefs from the i it nato seven Warsaw pact and 12 non aligned european nations. I Don t believe i am telling you any thing new when i say thai As a political and military matter the soviet Threal is  Powell said in a speech to the Reserve officer association. The reality is that we must plan on our defense budget going Down several percentage Points every year for the foreseeable  the Bush administration is scheduled to Send its budget to Capitol Hill on monday and mans lawmakers Are de manding that the government use what they Call the peace dividend to divert Pentagon dollars to Domestic programs and reduction of the deficit. Some military programs will be Cut. Powell said hut the Pentagon must protect its strategic moderation program and not withdraw All of its forces from abroad a e do not want to end up like the Farmer who. In order to save Money slopped feeding his  he said. " the strategy worked Fine until the Day the horse lived. I will not preside Over the return to a hollow army a hollow Navy a hollow see Powell on Back Page Noriega linked cocaine found to be voodoo stuff Washington up up to 110 pounds of a while substance found wrap Ped in banana leaves in a Witch House in Panama frequented by Gen. Manuel Noriega was not cocaine As the army believed but voodoo material the Pentagon said tuesday. It s bonding  said a de sense department spokeswoman. Army maj. Kathy Wood. It s a substance they use in voodoo  on dec. 22. Army col. Mike Snell. The commander of a . Infantry task Force told reporters that his troops had found 50 pounds of cocaine in a House frequented by Noriega at fort Amador a military base used jointly by . And panamanian forces before the dec. 20 . Invasion. The two Story building was inhabited by a brazilian woman believed to be no Riega s sorceress and became known among . Soldiers As the Witch  Snell said some of the stuff was found wrapped in banana leaves inside a Freezer. We re sure it s cocaine he was see voodoo on Back Page jus Jim 0fh,m just a few More years Fella watching a Soldier Shate during a Nevers is pretty Sharp entertainment for a would be fighter. A West German youngster Michael Geschwender mimics spec. Jerry Hooper As he spruces up during the Centurion shield exercise near Al Wangen West Germany. Hooper belongs to o troop 10th cat 194lh army of. Related photos on Page 3. 44-game Tennis Sef in 140-degree heat Page 26